Mounting PRAMFS support
Wolfgang Denk
wd at denx.de
Wed Aug 13 04:11:38 EST 2008
Dear Pieter,
In message <48A15FC3.3060008 at vastech.co.za> you wrote:
>
> Im using a ppc85xx processor with Denx ELDK (4.1) The board has 512MB
> DDR2 and the board config reserves 64M for pram. during bootup the
> mem=$mem argument is passed to the linux kernel command line and linux
> boots successfully.
So what are the exact boot messages of your kernel?
> I am unable to mount the PRAMFS - all documentation leads me to use
>
> mount -t pramfs -o physaddr=0x1c000000,init=0x4000000 none /mnt
-------------------------------------------------------------^^^^
> witch fails with the message:
> mounting none on /mtd failed: no such devise
-------------------^^^^
/mnt != /mtd
There is something worng, probably your description. It would be
better if you showed the precise commands and outpout from your
target system.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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